The 2024 US Chess Championships concluded with Fabiano Caruana and Carissa Yip emerging as outright winners in their respective sections. Caruana secured his fourth national title by defeating Sam Shankland in the final round, finishing 1½ points ahead of his closest rivals. Meanwhile, Yip had already clinched her third US Women’s Championship with a round […]
Monthly Archives: October 2024
Top favourite SuperChess suffered a surprising defeat against Turkish Airlines in round four of the European Club Cup. Both Gukesh and Praggnanandhaa (pictured) lost their games. Vincent Keymer was once again the match winner for Novy Bor, while Dinara Wagner was the match winner for her team SuperChess in the Women’s Cup. | Photos: European […]
The inaugural FIDE World Solving Championships for Youth and Cadets are happening next month in Brazil and Italy, and FIDE, along with the WFCC, hosted a series of free online lessons to get participants ready. Alongside WFCC President Marjan Kovačević, these global webinars offered strategies, tips, and plenty of practice to help young solvers level […]
In the future, the new ChessBase Fritztrainers and programmes will no longer be installed from a DVD, but using an installer downloaded from the Internet. This is faster and less complicated than installing from a DVD. Most ChessBase users have already ordered via download anyway. Nonetheless, those who previously installed by DVD can still order […]
In the Women’s US Championship, Carissa Yip secured her third national title with a round to spare, despite suffering two consecutive losses after a dominant start. Meanwhile, in the open section, Fabiano Caruana holds the lead going into the final round, as Awonder Liang, Sam Sevian and Hans Niemann still have theoretical chances of winning […]
In our short interview with Sethuraman S P, the winner of the Weissenhaus Young Masters, he shares his experience of winning the bronze medal at the Chess Olympiad, a significant milestone for the Indian team. He talks about growing up in Chennai, often called the chess hub of India, where he was inspired by world […]
The Weissenhaus on the Baltic Sea coast is certainly one of the most beautiful venues for chess tournaments. Recently, the Weissenhaus Young Masters took place there. The games were played in the castle. The players were also accommodated either in the castle or in one of the houses of the ensemble. At the end of […]
In the open tournament of the European Club Cup, the top clubs continued to win comfortably in the second round. But on some boards, the underdogs managed to stage some upsets. Benedict Krause, for example, took a grandmaster scalp for St. Pauli. In the Women’s Cup, Monte Carlo had to concede its first point. | […]
Indian Grandmaster Sasikiran Krishnan (which is the actual correct name order), reflects on his remarkable chess journey, from learning the game as a child in Chennai to becoming one of India’s top players. He shares personal stories about overcoming challenges both on and off the board, highlighting key moments in his career and life, like […]
Queens are very peculiar pieces. They love to attack and hate to defend. The difference in the value of this piece when attacking and defending is striking. An attacking queen is perhaps twice as valuable than a defending one. In a way, it makes a lot of sense. A queen is a very mobile and […]